S10 Ep15: Inside the Ellis Plea Deal

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The latest Breakdown episode includes an exclusive interview with the lawyer who represents Jenna Ellis, who once represented former President Donald Trump and who entered a guilty plea in the Fulton County election interference case. Macon attorney Frank Hogue describes how negotiations with Fulton prosecutors transpired before Ellis entered her guilty plea on Oct. 24. She was sentenced to five years on probation and agreed to fully cooperate with prosecutors as the case moves forward. “Inside the Ellis Plea Deal” of Breakdown’s Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment” – by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also reports on defendant Harrison Floyd’s legal strategy and the recent indictment of an Alabama man accused of threatening Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcasting platform. You can also stream it above. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's worth knowing which really going on.
0:04.0	This is the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
0:11.0	Previously on Breakdown.
0:16.0	Has anyone forced, threatened, or promised you anything for you to enter into this guilty plea?
0:20.0	No.
0:21.0	It is your decision to waive these rights to enter into this guilty plea because you are in fact guilty.
0:26.0	Yes.
0:27.0	How do you plead to count 15 conspiracy to commit filing false documents in indictment number 23SC188947?
0:35.0	guilty.
0:37.0	Thank you, Your Honor, for the opportunity to address the court.
0:41.0	I think the next people that would be the logical choices to plead would be Kathy Latham and Ms. Dehampton from the Coffee County scheme.
0:50.0	You know, if Latham pleads, she's had conversations with David Schaefer.
0:55.0	And so if you remember Bugs Bunny Cartoon's from your youth where the small snowball would then turn into a giant avalanche,
1:02.0	that's kind of what I've been going on in the short term here is that people turn in other people who kind of make it grow on and spread.
1:13.0	In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Jenna Ellis was one of the most vocal proponents of the Stop the Steel campaign.
1:21.0	And the former Colorado prosecutor, once a regular commentator on Fox News, soon found herself among a group of lawyers representing then president Donald Trump.
1:31.0	Ellis, Rudy Giuliani and other attorneys descended upon legislatures in the swing states.
1:37.0	They urged lawmakers not to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the hard fought contest.
1:44.0	This is an elite strike force team that is working on behalf of the president and the campaign to make sure that our Constitution is protected.
1:52.0	We are a nation of rules, not a nation of rulers.
1:57.0	There is not someone that just gets to pick who the next president is outside the will of the American people.
2:03.0	And that is our task because when we talk about voter fraud, it's actually election official fraud.
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